Improved barber s chair



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ALBERT GERDES AND J ULIUS REICHE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED BARBERS'CHAIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 82,704, dated October6, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT GERDEs and J ULIUs REICE, of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and 11nprovedReversible Barbers Chair; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a new and useful improvement inbarbers7 chairs, which are so constructed that by a single movement theseat, back, and head-rest may be reversed simultaneously.

The object in reversing the seat, back, and head-rest is for the purposeot' giving each new-comer a cool seat, and by thus reversing the partsit will prevent dust and dirt from collecting around the edges as wellas airing the parts at the same time, the construction and operation ofwhich will be clearly understood from the following description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1, Sheet I, represents a sectional sideelevation taken in the plane a: Fig. 2, Sheet II, is a plan of the same7parts being broken away to show the construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A in the accompanying drawings represents the frame of theseat of a chair, which is intended to be upholstered on both sides, asclearly shown in Fig. l, Sheet I, the frame of the back of the chairbeing upholstered in a similar manner.

The shaft C, on which the seat swings, runs square through the seat, andbears in suitable boxes provided for it at cl and e. This shaft isconnected with the upright shaft f by 41n eans of bevel-wheels g and h,which are operated in either direction by means of thepinion-wheel h',which is kept out of gear by the spring t', which, at the same time,serves to keep its shaft j locked, as shown in Fig. 2, Sheet II.

k is a grooved collar, keyed to or made in one with shaft j.

To operate this chair, the knob m of the shaft j must be drawn outwardfar enough to allow the dog a to be free to turn. This will at the sametime draw the pinion-wheel h in gear with the bevelwheel g. The leversp, which throw the bolts q, are operated by their ends being held in thegrooved collar h. Thus it will be seen by simply drawing the knob moutward and turning it around it will reverse the seat, back, andhead-rest simultaneously, the stem of the head-rest being contained in asplit tube attached to the upper portion of the upright shaft f, with aloose taper ferrule, r, which serves to clamp and hold the headrest atany desired height.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let-- ters Patent, is

l. A barbers chair whose seat, back, and head-rest are upholstered onboth sides, the same being so connected by such mechanism that the saidseat, back, and head-rest maybe reversed simultaneously in the mannerand for the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The split tube and taper ferrule r, for the purpose of adjusting andholding the headrest, substantially as shown and described. y

The above specication of my invention signed by me this 3d day ofAugust, 1868.

ALBERT GERDES. JULIUS REIOH.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLocKLEv, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

